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Letters PatentNo. 105,754', datori J'uly 26, 1870; patented in .England February 22, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT I N RAILWAY (2R0-SSIN'G-S.

The Schedule referredto in these Letters Patent and making part o! the same.'

To all to whom it may concern :j Be it known that 1R1onsnn 'Paton' WILLIAMS, of Great George Street, Westminster, England, civil engineer, a subject of A,the Queen of Great Britain, have invented or discovered new and useful Improvements Ain Railway Crossings; and I, the said Rion- -An-n Pnlcn WILLIAMS, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, thatlis to sayg This-invention has for its object improvements m the inner side of the continuous rail is retained at the requisite distance from it to serve -as a guald-rail, and allows a passage for the'lahge of the wheels between the two. l

The continuous rail and the bent end of one of the `parts of the crossing rail are notched out to the requisite depth for the passage of the tire of a wheel. 1n the case oi' an obtuse crossing, the end of therail which forms the guard-rail is thus notched, but in the case of an acute crossing, then the bent end ofthe other rail is notched out. i

In the drawing hereunto annexed 1 haveshown various ways of support-ing a crossing constructed in the manner above desciibed.`

In the plan view, Figure 1, an acute crossing is shown; the lines of rail are supported on what are known as Livesays cast-iron sleepers; l i

1 n the plan view, Figure 2, the lines are shown vto he supported on what are known as Greaves castsiron sleepers; and y In the plan view, Figure 3, the lines are shown to be supported in cast-iron chairs, to be fixed to wooden sleepers in the ordinary manner.

In each of the above figures the rai-ls a and b are shown to'be .solid rails, as I prefer that they should be;

.The rails o are ordinarily double-headed rails, similar to the rails with which the line is laid. l

In 'the plan views, Figures 4 and 4, are shown crossings where rails with a dat base 'orUignolles section are employed.

In all theabove igures the crossings shown are acute crossings; a a are the main-line rails,-b and c the two'parts oi' the crossing rail, the p'art b coming upto the outer Yside of the rail, being bent round and securely held close up to the maiulinerail,`while the part c, thatpcomes up to the inner side, is bent, and issecured at suioient distance from the main-line rail to allow of its being used as a guardrail, as is clearly shown by each ot' the figures. Y '.lhemil b, and the through rails, have iiangepas 'sages cut in them, as the drawing shows. The manner in which therails ot the crossing are secured in each of the arrangements is clearly shown in the iigures,and the transverse sections represented iu connection with them, so that it is unnecessary to give here any detailed description of these points. i

At Figure 5 is shown au obtuse crossing; the rails are supported in cast-iron chairs aixed to wooden sleepers; the rail c is, in this'case, notched out, as' above stated, in place of the rail b.

d is a milfserving as a guard-rail.

At Figurcv the crossing lines are carried on two cast-ironbedplates to Yhe similarly fixed to sleepers.'

Au acute crossing similarly carried ou two cast-iron bed-plates is shown at Figure 5".

The arrangement maybe modified .by casting the rails b and c in one block, also forming a chair for the rail c; suoli a crossing is shown at Figure 5.

Having thus described Athe nature of my said inventign, and the `manner oi' performing the same, I would have it understood that What 1 claim is The construction of railway crossings with one.of the crossing lines a continuous rail, and the other in two parts, which are bent round parallel'to the continuous rail, and iixed.to-it,iiange-passages also being lei't, and formed substantially as herein described.

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Winnen M. Hsmusy; Both of No.' 17 Girare- TROS. BROWN. church St.,-London. 

